Cardiac ablation is a procedure that can help correct arrhythmia, which is a problem with the rhythm of a person’s heartbeat. The procedure eliminates or scars the tissue in the heart that causes ...

Successful catheter ablation resulted in a low risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of irregular heart rhythm, according to an international study. Researchers said these ...

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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

A catheter ablation procedure widely used to treat the most common heart rhythm disorder significantly reduces the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and results in clinically important improvements ...

Ablation, a procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack and is usually reserved for patients who do not improve with medication, may be a better first-line treatment ...

It is not known whether low-dose radioiodine (1.1 GBq [30 mCi]) is as effective as high-dose radioiodine (3.7 GBq [100 mCi]) for treating patients with differentiated thyroid cancer or whether the ...

Demonstrating that the best solution is not always a multistage approach, a new trial showed catheter ablation is superior to a combination of antiarrhythmic drugs and lifestyle changes — weight loss, ...

Fractyl reported clinical trial results demonstrating that patients maintained up to 84% of GLP-1-induced weight loss with ...

A minimally invasive heart procedure to correct irregular heart rhythms called catheter ablation may reduce the risk of stroke enough that some patients can discontinue blood thinners, according to a ...